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Category Archives: rain
A Saint Patrick’s Day Continuum
A few more “blessings” and the like, as a lead-in to St. Patrick’s Day weekend, for your amusement, pondering and reading enjoyment. Sal’s Blessing May you live your life in your own way. And may that way be with style … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, children, Family, good luck, humor, Irish descent, life, poet, rain, wishing
Tagged God, History, Holiday, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, Patrick, Publishers, Saint Patrick Day, Saint Patrick's Day, St Patrick's Day, Tools, WordPress
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A Sail To Paradise
I’m tired of winter and its cold weather, I think I’d like; A SAIL TO PARADISE I would like, to build a boat, I’d pray to God, that it would float. Then sail away, to isle remote, where, … Continue reading
Posted in craft, Earth and Us, God, humor, Make Believe, Music, rain, Songs and Dances, stars above, Words on Wanderings
Tagged God, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, Publishers, Social Sciences, Tools, WordPress
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Clouds
I published this last year, and as I looked at it today, major changes jumped out at me, so I did some editing and here is the updated version for your pleasure. I have also included the previous version … Continue reading
Posted in apparitions, children, Earth and Us, environment, in my opinion, Make Believe, men, rain, Seasons, women
Tagged God, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, Publishers, Templates, Tools, WordPress
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The Weather And The Apocalypse
With the end of the world as we know it, about to enter into extinction in the VERY NEAR FUTURE, according to the Mayan calendar, I thought I would express my own opinion as to the world’s “End Game” … Continue reading
Gertrude and Franny
After all of the nonsense of the political season, I just finished a nonsense poem of my own. Though it is nonsensical, there is a moral to the tale. Please have a good time with it, and enjoy your Thursday, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cats, dog, environment, Freedom, humor, Land Lubbers, poet, rain, Words on Wanderings
Tagged Claudius, Franny, Frog, Gertrude, Hamlet, Pets, Recreation, Reptiles and Amphibians
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BE
The message of this poem is; in this life we all have a role, we are all “Something” and that we should embrace that purpose that we have been given, and do it in the best possible manner. We are … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, children, Elders, Flowers, life, men, oceans, poet, rain, women
Tagged God, Interjection, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, Jake, Publishers, Tools, WordPress
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Work To Be Done
Yesterday, (Monday 7/23/12) around Southern New England, was very close to the perfect weather day, and yet I had to go to work, as did most of us, I’m sure. But it brought back memories of long, lazy summer days with clear blue skies, … Continue reading
Posted in Americana, environment, history, life, Life's Journey, mischievious, old days, poet, rain, tranaquility
Tagged Arts, Huckleberry Finn, Jack Downing, Jack G. Downing, literature, Mark Twain, Monday, nature, New England, outdoors, samuel langhorne clemens, tom sawyer and huckleberry finn
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Recollection #1
I’m still on vacation…. RECOLLECTION #1 I remember the cold, of Norfolk, when the changing, of the tides, funneled the wind, off the Chesapeake, with a carrier, on both sides. A thousand plus, feet of misery, on any given … Continue reading
Posted in children, craft, history, humor, life, old days, rain, sailors, seafarers, ships, Uncategorized
Tagged bowling lanes, Home, Jack Downing, Jake, Memorial Day, Norfolk, Poetry, salty spray, vacation, Vacuum cleaner
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